Abstract
The environmental crisis is an epochal event to the extent that some have argued that Earth has entered a new geological era. There are several interpretations about the relation between humanity, nature and environment that range from conservative to radical. After having framed the philosophical and epistemic foundations of the approach adopted, I propose four stages of people’s sensitivity to the environmental problem and identify a clear divide between the progressive and the conservative political approaches. This is meant to be the interpretative foundation of part two and three of this essay.
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Poli, C. (2015). Four Stages of Environmental Political Consciousness. In: Environmental Politics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17614-7_3
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